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Grand Piano

President Clinton yesterday announced tighter limits on sightseeing flights over Grand Canyon National Park, an effort to restore “natural quiet” to one of the nation’s busiest national parks. The new […]

The nitty-gritty on the ruling that lets citizens sue their way to a clean environment

Once upon a time, a South Carolina wastewater treatment plant repeatedly violated the Clean Water Act by dumping illegal amounts of mercury into a river. Unsurprisingly, several environmental organizations responded […]

I Want My TVA

On Earth Day, April 22, the Tennessee Valley Authority will launch a “Green Power Switch” program, the biggest clean energy project in the Southeast. By the end of the year, […]

Isn't it Good, Certified Wood

Consumer demand in Washington state for eco-friendly lumber is surpassing supply, even as a growing number of wood products firms turn to harvesting and selling timber from sustainably managed forests. […]

Olive This Idea

Spain’s biggest power company, Endesa, is building two plants to generate electricity from olive residues, the leftovers from olive oil production. The plants, due to be completed in late 2001, […]

All We Hate Is Dust in the Wind

The Department of Energy is abandoning its plan to build the first U.S. nuclear-waste incinerator in southern Idaho, a change of course applauded by environmental and community groups that had […]

National Park and Ride

Yosemite National Park in California would be returned to a more wild, less developed, condition under a plan outlined yesterday by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. The plan — which follows […]

No Way — You Must Be Lion

In an experiment that could herald the future of endangered species preservation efforts, lions this year may give birth to endangered Bengal tigers. A team of scientists, led by Betsy […]

Gold Smith?

In a move that heartens enviros, Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.), the new chair of the Senate Environment Committee, has come out against legislative riders, which have been used to undermine […]

Boston Baked Genes

An estimated 2,500 protestors marched peaceably through Boston streets yesterday in what organizers called the biggest demonstration in the U.S. against genetically modified (GM) foods. Protestors — many dressed as […]